I too first heard them because of LaBrie. It was a solid CD with a couple stand out tracks. By comparison Absence of Empathy is great from beginning to end.

Unfortunately Bach's rock star ego reared it's ugly head and, at the time, forced Henning Pauly to retire the Frameshift name*. He's been doing side projects and released stuff under his name instead. IIRC, Henning Pauly writes and records most everything on the albums himself and hires vocalists near the end to complete the project. When the CD came out Bach cried foul for not getting any writing credits in the CD booklet. Apparently he changed a word here and a line there, and proceeded to promote the album as his project despite being a hired gun. There was a giant flame war between both him and Bach along with the fans on each of their web forums.

Anyway, Absence of Empathy is a concept album about violence. All the songs are in pairs. Typically one song will be about the victim and the other about the person who perpetuated the violence. Same characters and story just from a different perspective. I'd describe more but it's just as easy to read it yourself.

Babysteps is another good concept album by him. It's about an athlete who can't play anymore and is dealing with rehab and the fact that his dream is gone.

*according to his website he's working on a third Frameshift album.